undying ice

undying ice part 3 shaylock

Shaylock was where he always was the forge. He loved the smell of ash and the sound of his hammer hitting the near molten metal and he felt at home when surrounded by the forge's heat. Today he was repairing the training blades used by warriors and spell swords when they fought and excitedly he was chosen to repair raktos's sword. He was the best artisan of all the students so he decided to go a little over board with his sword makeing it lighter and improveing the grip as well as lengthing The blade by two inches after he was done with raktos's sword he set it down and picked up one of the training blades and began.As he hammered away at the sword in his hand his mind began to drift as it always did when he was in forge. In His mind he thought of extravagant weapons, daggers made of dragon and swords made for decoration instead of war. But as he stopped hammering  his mind came back and he remembered. Weapons are for war and only war he expressed his face drooping like the icicles outside the compound. When he finished his work he decided to personally take Raktos's sword to him thinking it would be better to tell him about the changes to his sword so he put the sword in its Hilt and walking out of the forge to the courtyard as he walked to the dorms he saw people grouping around something in a circle and as he got. Closer he heard the distinct sound of swords clashing. Armor being hit and Raktos's voice